diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx
index 88a9853ca392..5adb2e53358a 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx
@@ -1661,16 +1661,14 @@ bool PDFWriterImpl::writeBufferBytes( const void* pBuffer, sal_uInt64 nBytes )
     }
     else
     {
-        bool  buffOK = true;
         if (m_aPDFEncryptor.m_bEncryptThisStream)
         {
             /* implement the encryption part of the PDF spec encryption algorithm 3.1 */
             m_vEncryptionBuffer.resize(nBytes);
-            if (buffOK)
-                rtl_cipher_encodeARCFOUR(m_aPDFEncryptor.m_aCipher, pBuffer, static_cast<sal_Size>(nBytes), m_vEncryptionBuffer.data(), static_cast<sal_Size>(nBytes));
+            rtl_cipher_encodeARCFOUR(m_aPDFEncryptor.m_aCipher, pBuffer, static_cast<sal_Size>(nBytes), m_vEncryptionBuffer.data(), static_cast<sal_Size>(nBytes));
         }
 
-        const void* pWriteBuffer = (m_aPDFEncryptor.m_bEncryptThisStream && buffOK) ? m_vEncryptionBuffer.data()  : pBuffer;
+        const void* pWriteBuffer = m_aPDFEncryptor.m_bEncryptThisStream ? m_vEncryptionBuffer.data()  : pBuffer;
         m_DocDigest.update(static_cast<unsigned char const*>(pWriteBuffer), static_cast<sal_uInt32>(nBytes));
 
         if (m_aFile.write(pWriteBuffer, nBytes, nWritten) != osl::File::E_None)